1868 Jesse Chisholm died in Oklahoma (born 1805?). A frontier trader, Chisholm blazed one of the West’s most famous cattle trails (The Chisholm Trail) between Texas and Kansas.

1913 President William H. Taft signed Public Law 426-62, creating the U. S. Department of Labor.

1913 The Weeks-McLean Law became effective. It was designed to stop commercial market hunting and illegal shipment of migratory birds from one state to another. Included were "All wild geese, wild swans, brant, wild ducks, snipe, plover, woodcock, rail, wild pigeons, and all other migratory game and insectivorous birds."(Passenger Pigeon Trivia & Facts)

1994 John Candy died. Canadian comedian and actor, member of 'The Second City' comedy troupe.

2010 In the UK, The Guardian reported that 2.6 million households now have microchips installed in their rubbish bins by local British governments. The chips can identify the households and measure the weight of rubbish in the bins.